Yarn-winding machine



auly 10, 1928.

J. K; Amrlzmus v YARN wINpING MACHINE Filed Oc-t. 28, 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet July 10, 1928.

i 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 [7a/em Jaco@ Jtezzzw@ lto'zqzj K J. K. ALTEMus YARN WINDING MACHINE Filed oct. 28, 192e July 1o, v192s. 1,676,374

J. K. ALTEMUS YARN WINDING MACHINE Filed oct; 28, 192s' va heats-sheet 3 Jacab .lvtezfaw I ject the provision ,of ya novel inexpensive f Patented Julyn 11(1),vv 1928.

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f This invention relates to improvements in yarn lwinding machines and has for anv oband efficient mechanism ,to prevent the cutting of the yarnguiding parts by the yarn by`V causing the yarn to be reciprocated laterally of its path of travel as itpasses its l,broken I away.

guiding parts, lthereby distributing the wear over a Wide area of thek yarn guides. f

Another object of the invention is yto provide a novel means for eifectively rectifying the yarn strand on-its way from thefsourceV of supply thereof to the tension device by` removing from the yarnallkinks and'loops beforethe yarn entersthe tensiondevice; y

The invention consists inthe novel construction, combinationand arrangement of yparts hereinafter described andvlfclaiined."

movable bar carrying the yarn engaging,

parts, and adjuncts. Y

` F'gure 5 is 'adetailshowing one ofthe yarn guides. l l Y Figure 6 is anenlarged top view of apart ofthe longitudinally-movable bar andthe yarn engaging parts carried-thereby."

i barsv 8' and 4.

thev yarn rectifying device, enlarged; Referring to'v the drawings, the main frame or support ofthe machinel includes :end standards ,Figure 7 isa tranverse section through i A cone receiving'androtatingspindle. 5 is mounted to rotate in abearing 6 forming part of a bracket 7 which is vsecuredltoand projects from frame bar 4. The'l loweriend portion ofthe spindle 5 is provided with a whirl disc. 8V which rests normallyfonfthe leatherl covering 9 Vsecured lto the periphery of a driving wheel 1Q i The driving wheel 10 'is carried by a horizontal shaft 11' which extends between and is journaled in lbearings onv the standards 2. The shaft llconstitutes the main driving-shaft of the ina`-V chine and it is provided with a lsuitable 'or'source of supply isv drawn 2 'connected by horizontal f The yarngu'ide 33 is su sprocket wheel or gear means'of `it may be drivenfrom a suitable motor; l' f d The machine vis provided withl --aY vertically 1recipr )c able`r 'builder frameI or support 13 '.comprlsinga horizontal raillll andver- *tically arranged, parallel shafts or-` rods 15 `connected to i andf'extending downwardly f from the respective end portions of .the-rail i14. The shaftsor'rods 151 fare slidable in bearings 1G on theendstandards2, and their lower end portions are'lprovidedvwith brackets 17 carrying rollers 1 18 whichl rest uponcams'l) on ahorizontal-sihaft 20. The

shaft 20 extends between,andfisrjournaled "in bearings'on the end standards 2 v and,.it:is driven by gearingy 21 interposed between it andthe driving shaft 111 as clearlyshownin Fig. 1. The cams 19 are rshaped as shown in Fig. 2 to effect the desired uprand down movements of the builder frame "13'jduring' the operation of the machine The conv-V` struction and `operation of the parts thus -far described are common and well known f in.

this art ani-therefore', it is believed; that p no detail descriptionV thereof isnecessaryl p herein.

the machine has a bracket 2,3 secured thereon a The upperend 'portion' of the winding spindle -isad'apted to carry a; cone22 or .other suitable core to receive the yarn tobe .Y wound thereon; and', ,theupperhportion of andprovidedwith a stem-24 adapted to re` fceive acone of yarn 25 or other-suitable source of supply of yarn to be v-clelivered `to the cone 22 to be'wound thereon."l `Thez strand ofyarn 26' from the cone 25 p upwardly therefrom to and through a yarn rectifying device 27, thence'to and through ayarn guide 28, thence to and through two pairs of' tension discs 29, thence to and through "a yarn guide 30, thence [over an emulsion applying roller 31,' thence to'and around a guiding'rod 32,7and thence Zdownto and through a yarn guide 33 from' which itis Vdelivered to the lcone 22;'- Y f a builderj'scr'ewf36 'whichfriseslixedly fronij the builder framey banlll; and, during i Y y ylfo'l'feidby an arm" 34:.which projects from a carrier`35 vcarried v *i the-winding'operatiom the yarnguide 33 is 1 lraised and lowered bythe builder frame 13 4to thev extent"v of thevisp'aci'ey betweenvthe position of the yarn guide 33 shown by full 4lines ',in` Fig. `1 and the' positionl thereof shown by dot-anyd-.dash' lines in Y y Fig.` 1, and gain .as illustrated in theA drawings,

movements are imparted to the yarn guide 33 by mechanism similar r to that shown and described in my Letters Patent No. 1,493,721 dated May 13, 1924.

The pairs of tension discs 29 are of usual construction for applying tension to vthe yarn and they and the yarn guides 28` and 30 are carried by a suitable bracket 37 se- 2cured to the upper portion vof the main frame of the machine. Y Y Y l'lhel yarn rectifying devicer27 comprises sinuously formed round wire o forming a series of connected arms 38 which divergev Vvoutwardly in alternate succession `yarn passage 39 formed byand from a between them, as shown in the drawings. One end :of the wire forming the yarn rectifying de- .objectionable loops therefrom without placing any harmful tension thereon so that when the yarn reaches the tension discs 29 passing over the roller 31 will be and 43, respectively,

lper portion of .supplied with there will be no danger of the discs stripping or displacing one or more of the threads or filaments relatively to the others and thereby forming thread or filament loops ion `the sides of the yarn, when yarns composed of loosely twisted threads or filaments are being wound. Y

AThe'emulsion applying` roller 31 extends longitudinally of the machine with its lower por-tion in a longitudinally extending emulsion-supplying trough 41 which. is supported by end brackets Y42 of the machine frame.,v The roller 31 is carried by a shaft 43 having its bearings `in the end walls of Vthe trou`gh4l. v VThe shaft 43 and roller 31 are rotated by a belt 44 which passes around suitable pulleysj45 'and 46 onthe shafts 20 so that duringthe operyarn strand 26 oiled by the lilm of emulsion on the roller. ,The upthe roller is being constantly a thin film of' emulsion from the emulsion contained .within the trough v41 and `into which. the lowerhportion ofthe roller'extends. Y y o The yarn guidingrod 32 overpwhich the yarn strandv-26 `passes after it leaves the ationV of the machine, the

lemulsionfroller 3l,` extends longitudinally of f the roller. 31 andhas its end portions supported by bearings 47 on the trough 41. This rod 32 is formed of'glass or other suit# able wear resisting material.

Extending longitudinally of the trough 41 Vis a horizontally arranged bar 51 supported by groovedf'rollers 49 in a manner to permit y the bar to be longitudinally reciprocated. The rollers 49 are journaled on bracketsV 50 on the trough 41. The bar 51 isfreciprof cated by a lever 52 which is fulcrumed at 53 on a bracket 54 projecting upwardly from one of the end standards 2 of the machine frame. The lower arm 55 of the lever 52 has a cam slot 56 formed therein'into which extends a pin 57 projecting from the builder frame 13, whereby, is 'raised and lowered, the pin 57, working in the slot 56, will rock the lever 52 back and forth.' rlhe upper arm 58 of the lever 52 is connected by a link 59 tothe 'bar 51V to reciprocate the bar 51 when the lever 52- is rocked under the influence of the builder frame 13. The arm 5SV of the lever Y52 is made in two parts which are longitudinally slidable relatively to each other and which may be secured in different position of adjustment by a suitable bolt-and-slot connection 69, to increase or decrease the distance between the lever fulcrum 53 and the link 57 and thereby vary the extent of movement of the bar 51.

- The bar 51 carries a bracket '61 which is secured thereto by means of a screwr62 passino' through a slot in the'bracket 61 and sciewed into the bar 51. By loosening the screw 62, the'bracket v61 may be adjusted when the builder frame' .the rod 32 to the yarn guide 33 and ad- Y jacent to the same side ofthe `yarn strand extending between the yarn` guide 33 and the cone 22 is a vertically arrangedbar 64,

the upper end vof which is secured to a bracket 65 carried by the bracket 6l.L The bracket 65 is secured to the bracket 61 by means of a screw 66 which extends through a horizontal slot in the bracket 65 and enters l the bracket 61 and permits the vbar64 lto be adjusted horizontally with respect to the rbracket 61 androller 63 toward andfrom` one side of the yarn strand 26. The roller r63 maybe formed of porcelain, glass ror other suitable wear resisting material and the bar 64 may be constructed of steel or other sui't- .Y

able wear resisting material., The bar 64 has a Yvertically-extending', thread-engaging vsurface 67 which extends throughout and beyond the entire distance of verticaly travel of the yarn guide 33 l gain movements in building yarn upon the cone 22, during the vwindingoperation', so

that the yarn 26 extending between thefyarn during its traverse and guide 33 and the cone 22 maybe engaged by the bar 64v in all positions ofthe yarn vguide 33.v l t During the winding operation the pull of the cone upon the lyarn 26 holdsv the yarn against the roller 63 land bar 64 as they are moved from the position shown by full lines i-n Fig. 1 to the position shown by dot-anddasli lines therein and back again. Thus the :ylaggee is erased' a Ymove yisa: and 'forth laterally .of its line 'of travel over the'broad j Wearing surfaces of the' yarn guides `v30 and and the yarn' guiding rod 32, thereby distributing Ithe Wear over 4broad areas 'and preventing the cutting of thesel parts by the lrictiono'f the yarn thereon.

10. ,passes from the yarn guide33 to the cone The strand of yarn 26 passies between 'the parallel bars 70 of va suitable thread cleaning and knot catching device as lthe yarn i y,In-practice the machineis constructed-to accommodate a large number of Winding spindles 5 each of Which, is support-ed by a bracket on theframe bar 4 and is Vactuated from the shaft l1 similar to the single spinand operatively connected to the bar to redle' shown in the drawing; yand each spindle is provided With yarn supplying and guid ing parts the same as are herein illustrated `for the single'spindle 5, the bar 51 serving as a common supporting and actuating means for the laterally movable yarn guiding parts" of all the spindles.

vI claim asmy invention: A

l. In a yarn Winding machine, thecoin.-v bination of a supporting frame, a Winding 'spindle adapted to carry a yarn receiver,

means to rotate the spindle, a device for supplying yarn, means to guide yarn from said `device to a receiver carried by the spindle, said means including a vertically reciprocable builder frame, means to reciprocate the builder frame and a part against which the yarn bears during its travel, a horizont-ally-extending, longitudinally-reciprocable bar, means to support` and guide the bar, an element carried by the bar ad# jacent to the yarn path and adapted to move the yarn transversely of its line of travel relatively to said part When the bar is actuated, and means operated by the builder frame to reciprocate the bar.

2. In a arn Winding machine, the combination of'y a supporting frame, a Winding spindle adapted to carry a yarn receiver, means to rotate the spindle, a device for l supplying yarn, means to guide yarn from said device to a receiver carried bythe spindle, said means including a vertically reciprocable builder frame. means to recip-v ciprocate the same. f v I 3. In a yarn Winding machine, the combination of a supporting frame, a Winding 'spindle adapted to carry a yarn receiver,

means rvto rotate the spindle," al devicefor supplying yarn, meansto' guide yarn from said fdevlce to a receiver carried by. 'the spindle, said means :including atvertically cate zthe builder frame andfak'pvart against reciprocable builder frame, 'meansto reciprov'vhi'ch the yarnr bears during its travel, y,a

"horizontally-extending, ylongitudinally-recipf lrocable bar, means' to support and guide 'the bar, 'an element carried by the bar adjacent 'to the yarn path and adaptedv to'move the yarn' transversely ofits line of travel relativeu ly to said part when thebar is actuated, a lever having acam slot therein and, being operatively connected to theibar to reciprocate Vit 'When the lever is actuated, and apart projecting from the builder frame and'into vsaid cam rslot to actuate the leverwhenthe l builder frame is-recipro'cated.

Ll. 'In ayarn Winding machine, the com. bination" of la supporting frame, `Winding spindle adaptedto carry ayarn receiver,

means to rotate thespindle, aA device for supplying yarn, mechanism for deliverin yarn to a receiver carried by the spindle, said mechanism including a vertically-reciprocable builder frame, a yarn guide carried'by the builder frame and arranged to deliver yarn to said receiver ina direction trans.- versely of the aXis of rotation of the spindle, and means to reciprocate the builder `frame,

'means for directing yarn from said device to said guide, a vertically extending bar adjacent to the path of yarn delivered fromv said guide and arranged to move yarn delivered from the guide transversely of they line of travel of the yarn relatively to the guide at different elevations thereof when the bar is reciprocated horizontally, and means to reciprocate the bar horizontal] y,

5. In a yarn Winding machine, the combination of a supportingpframe, a Winding Y spindle adapted to carry a yarn receiver,

means lto rotate the spindle,- a device for supplying yarn, mechanism for deliveringv yarn to a receiver carried by the spindle,"y

said mechanism includinga vertically-recip rocable builder frame, a yarn guide carried by the builder frame and arranged to deliver yarn to said receiver in a direction transversely of the axis ofY rotation of the spindle, and means to reciprocatethe builder frame, means including a yarn guide spaced above the first named yarn guide for'directj ing yarn from said device to the rst named guide, a vertically extending baradjacent tov 12o Y i the path ofyarn deliverec fromthe' first nV ,named guide and arranged to move yarn delivered therefrom transversely-of the vline of travel of the yarn relativelyftotheiirst named guide at dift'erentelevations 'thereof When the bar` isreciprocated horizontally, means'to reciprocate the bar horizontally, and means movable With said bar to move yarn delivered from the second named guide transversely of the line of travel ot the yarn relatively to the second named guide.

6. Inra yarn winding mechine, the combination or' a supporting frame, a winding spindle adapted to carry a yarn receiver,

means to rotate the spindle, adevice for supplying yarn, means to guide vyarn from said device` to a receiver carried by the spindle, said means including two spaced yarn guides positioned to change the direction of travel of the yarn, two spaced elements adapted to move .the yarn transversely of its line of travel relatively to both guides 'when said elements are actuated, and a common means for actuating said elements.

7. In a yarn winding machine, the combination of a supporting frame, a winding spindle adapted to carry a yarn receiver, means to rotate the spindle, a devicefor supplying yarn, a tension device, means to guide yarn from the first named device tothe tension device, means to guide yarn from the tension device to a receiver carried by the spindle,`the last named means including a part against which the yarn bears during its travel, and means to move the yarn transversely of its line of travel relatively Y to said part.

8. In a yarn winding machine, the combination of a supporting frame, a `winding spindle adapted to carry a yarn receiver, means to rotate the spindle, a device for supplying yarn, a tension device, a. yarn rectiying device for receiving yarn from the .first named device and delivering the yarn tothe tension device and having a series of connected arms diverging outwardly in alternate succession on the respective sides of a yarn passage formed by and between them, and guiding means for receiving yarn from the tension device and delivering it to a receiver carried by the spindle.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature.

JACOB K. ALTEMUS. 

